#286A8D#286A8D

#286A8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.086 H 235.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#286A8D
RGB	rgb(40, 106, 141)
HSL	hsl(201, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(201, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 24.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.28, -8.76, -25.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.28, 26.76, 250.88°)
OKLab	oklab(49.85% -0.0488 -0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(49.85% 0.086 235.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.8349, 12.6811, 27.0708)
Luminance	0.1268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#286A8D #8D4B28

analogous

#288D7D #286A8D #28378D

triadic

#286A8D #8D286A #6A8D28

tetradic

#286A8D #7D288D #8D4B28 #378D28

square

#286A8D #7D288D #8D4B28 #378D28

split-complementary

#286A8D #8D2837 #8D7D28

monochromatic

#0D222E #1A465D #286A8D #368EBD #5EA9D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#286A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#286A8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #286A8D

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##286A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##286A8D	1.00	5.94	3.54	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#59698F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B5F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007376

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #286a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 106, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.086 235.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f94ae',
    500: '#286a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #286a8d;
$custom-light: #6f94ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#286a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.792,
    "s": 55.801,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49846,
    "c": 0.08623,
    "h": 235.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#286A8D

secondary

#B77A5A

accent

#7D49DF

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF1F4

border

#C8CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #286A8D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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